Twice, on blocked field goal attempts, the football bounced right into the arms of Jaron Bryant and the Fresno State cornerback knew exactly what to do.
Bryant got the ball and took off, sprinting 74 yards for a touchdown and then four series later and still in the second quarter 71 yards for another score in the Bulldogs’ 79-13 season-opening rout of an outgunned Idaho.
“When I see a green light, I’m going to take off running straight,” he said, after the game. “That’s what I did.”
On Monday he was selected the Mountain West Conference special teams player of the week, the first Bulldog to win the special teams award since Marcel Jensen in 2013.